Why Is the NFL Dragging Its Feet on Discipline for Colts Owner Jim Irsay?

July 15, 2014   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

On July 11, the Indianapolis Colts released wide receiver LaVon Brazill a few days after it was announced the third-year pro would miss at least the entire 2014 season after once again violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
Were it another team run by another man, this wouldn't have been that big of a story—just another sad tale of a player squandering his prodigious talents in the pursuit of getting high, and one relegated to footnote status by the implosion of Josh Gordon's career.
However, these are Jim Irsay's Colts, and in lieu of Irsay's ongoing legal situation and substance abuse issues, the Brazill situation has unleashed a volley of criticism at the apparent double standards in play.
Double standards in the media. Double standards in the Colts organization. And perhaps most alarmingly, double standards in the commissioner's office.
Because in a year when Roger Goodell has handed out suspensions like a pediatrician doles out lollipops, there hasn'...

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